abased
/uh-beyst/US // əˈbeɪst //
卑微的,卑鄙的,卑贱的,卑劣的
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Heraldry.
- : lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbdeprive of self-esteem, confidence
Examples
They fall without being abased, and I regard them as being unfortunate without being liable to blame.
Not humbled before God, as having failed in trust towards Him; not degraded and abased in Mr. Thornton's sight.
But here the cedar means human grandeur and national greatness, full of arrogant pride and therefore doomed to be abased.
The most sensitive of four-footed creatures in the world, the Skye terrier is utterly abased by a rebuke from his master.
Nothing had been done, unless the situation of France were exalted in proportion as that of England had been abased.
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